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Robbers target 90-year-old victim

Police are hunting for two robbers who broke into the home of a 90-year-old woman in Derbyshire.

The two men knocked on the door of the woman's house in the Woodthorpe area of Chesterfield on Friday evening and forced their way into the property.

They took some of the woman's valuables after searching the house.

Derbyshire police said the victim was "very shocked and upset" by the robbery and appealed to anyone with information to contact them.

The two men are both described slim with dark hair.

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